Did You Know – 27 June 2017

Monday 26th June 2017

UK Coaching – Blog: Coaching Behaviours Framework Inspirational People Make a Difference

We have all had inspirational people in our lives, whether it was our parents, siblings, or perhaps a teacher from school. Someone who understood you, knew how to motivate and support you, perhaps towards a goal they helped you identify.

To be able to replicate that same effect for everyone, every time would be an interesting opportunity right?!

Understanding Purpose

UK Coaching adopted a broadening definition of coaching that extends our coaching family; one that embraces all roles with the intention to improve participants’ experience of sport and physical activity.

Whatever the roles we identify with: Champions, Leaders, Activators Coaches or Instructors; they are all coaching! Beyond this name the focus is, and should be firmly fixed on the purpose that role holds. This is the basic principle behind our approach to identify effective coaching behaviours, and develop a tool called the Coaching Behaviour Framework.

Coaching Is Changing

Creating new behaviours has been proven to be more effective when supported by other people, whether that’s family, friends, peers or professionals. If we are to create a more active nation, then having passionate, supported and inspired people coaching – in the right way, place, and time – is critical to realising this.

Coaching is changing, and we need to do the same by creating a service that meets the needs and motivations of participants; making engagement with sport and physical activity desirable and sticky.

Next Steps

In order to establish the foundations for any proposed use of the coaching behaviours framework we are keen to work with partners to increase the depth of knowledge and to ensure that it is context specific. If you would be interested in working with us to progress this, please register your interest with the following contacts: View the full details

UK Coaching – Reach releases new video to promote women in coaching for Women’s Sport Week

Reach – a national brand of UK Coaching, which focuses on raising the profile of women in coaching – has unveiled a new video to promote women who coach.

Titled: Supporting Women in Coaching, the video is set to inspire and encourage more women to think about getting into coaching. Currently there is a lack of gender diversity in sports coaching with two thirds of all sports coaches being men and only 17% of qualified coaches being women. The main routes of entry into coaching are through participation but with fewer women regularly participating in sport (31.9% of women as opposed to 40.5% of men), there are fewer women transitioning from playing into coaching, and therefore fewer role models for other women and girls to see coaching as an opportunity for them.

View the full news item AND access the video

UK Coaching – Blog Sarah Milner, Development Lead Officer: Inclusion: Gender Equity in Sport: Answering your frequently asked questions

I was recently having a good trawl of the internet looking for interesting and useful documents to support my work. I came across the ‘Montreal Toolkit’, published by the International Working Group for Women in Sport. It had a really great section which gave answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about gender equity in sport, and ones that I am often asked. I thought I would share the questions, and more importantly the answers with you…

‘Q: What is gender equity all about?’ ‘A: Equity is concerned with correcting inequitable situations that stem from past practices. Equity means allocating resources and providing opportunities fairly and without bias or discrimination.’

‘Q: Don’t girls and women choose to participate less in sport? Aren’t they less interested?’ ‘A: Female athletes and coaches do not prefer less recognition, less power, less money, and fewer choices than their male counterparts. The combination of cultural norms, discriminatory practice and women’s position in society results in girls and women participating less in sport, although not usually by choice.’ View the full list of ‘Qs’ in this blog

Organising safe sporting events – Briefing for schools. Child Protection in Sport Unit, NSPCC

This briefing (PDF), developed by the NSPCC, provides guidance on key considerations for schools hosting a sporting event, to ensure children and young people are properly safeguarded.

Contents

schools hosting a sporting event
visiting other premises for a sporting event
using external coaches for sporting activities
using volunteers as coaches
community and club use of the school sports facilities

Download a copy

EFDS – Calling disabled people to share experiences of volunteering

If you are a disabled person and have volunteered in sport or physical activity, what would you have to say about it? Was it rewarding? Were there obstacles? The English Federation of Disability Sport (EFDS) is keen to understand more about the experiences of disabled people who volunteer in sports and physical activity and we have appointed Revealing Reality to lead on the research. If you’re keen to share your experiences, and you think you could spare some time to be interviewed (in person or on the phone), then please get in touch!

You can contact Charlie on 020 7735 8040 or email Charlie . Visit their website http://www.revealingreality.co.uk/

View the full details

Club Matters

Your club and the community

Understanding the community your club serves – and engaging with it – can bring huge benefits. Sport is unique in being able to make a positive social and cultural impact in communities across the country. Not only could having a deeper understanding of your community help you identify potential new members, volunteers and projects, but it could also help you develop a winning funding application.

Access our practical guidance and case studies on how and why you should take the time to recognise the positive benefits of engaging with your community.

RYA – The case for Facebook advertising

Rudyard Lake saw their Open Day attendance more than treble with help of Facebook ad.

Mastering Facebook promotion can make a massive difference in promoting to and engaging with the communities you want to target for the club, and Facebook advertising has become an increasingly popular way get right to the heart of the audience you’re after for a specific activity or event.

In May Rudyard Lake SC, winners of the 2017 RYA Club of the Year Communications Award, decided to trial a Facebook advertising campaign for the first time for their Open Day on early May Bank Holiday. Mark Jacot, Rudyard Lake’s Commodore, explains what happened… View the details

The Countdown Is On: 3 Weeks To Go!

FA Girls Football Week is over a three week period this summer to help celebrate the Women’s Euro 2017 and follow the Lionesses journey in the Netherlands.

Sunday 16^th July – Sunday 6^th August!

There are many ways you can get involved in the week; this is a great opportunity for you to celebrate your teams, get more girls playing, and try out some new initiatives.

Examples include; Tournaments, Open Training Sessions, Fun Days, Festivals, Bring a Friend Day, Player Q&A, Referee Workshops, Coaching Workshops, Mums sessions.

Be Imaginative And Get Your Girls/Ladies Playing During This Week.

If you don’t have the capacity to try something new remember to still register your training sessions that are already taking place.
During this week remember to send me all of your pictures or tag us on twitter to help celebrate – remember to use the hastags #GFW #GirlsFootballWeek
As always I will be trying to get to as many of your sessions as possible!

To register your activity as an organiser visit http://www.fagirlsfootballweek.com/

Players – Want to play football in a safe and fun environment?

Search for your nearest FA Girls’ Football Week Euro Celebrations session taking place between 16th July – 6th August 2017!

Visit http://www.fagirlsfootballweek.com/

For more information contact:

Bethan Woolley
Football Development Officer (Inclusion)
Football Services – Participation Hub
Tel: 01785 279835 Mob: 07816 536450
E-mail: bethan.woolley@staffordshirefa.com
Web: www.staffordshirefa.com